The Tower and Infrastructure Providers Association (TAIPA) has requested various state governments to reduce the electricity tariffs levied by them in view of the prevailing situation. To this end, TAIPA has written to chief...
Read MoreThe Tower & Infrastructure Providers Association (TAIPA) has requested the ministry of power to ensure uninterrupted electricity supply and approve new connections on a priority basis for telecom sites, which are critical...
Read MoreAs per industry sources, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited are considering rolling out cells on wheels (CoWs) to reduce network congestion caused by an upsurge in home internet and video services...
Read MoreBharti Airtel has collaborated with Cisco to launch India’s largest 5G-ready, 100G IP and optical integrated network designed to enhance network availability, capacity and scale. The deployment is part of Airtel’s initiative to...
Read MoreBharti Infratel’s board of directors has extended the deadline of its merger with Indus Towers to...
Read MoreCiena has upgraded the Europe India Gateway (EIG) submarine cable system with an aim to strengthen connectivity between businesses situated in the UK, Europe, the Middle East and India. The cable has been upgraded with Ciena’s...
Read MoreBharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio have approached Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL) for extra optical fibre in order to reduce their capital expenditure. The telcos had expressed their interest in utilising a...
Read MoreAmazon’s cloud computing arm Amazon Web Services (AWS) is reportedly investing about $1.5 billion to set up two data centres in Hyderabad. Amazon is in the process of getting statutory clearances from the state and central...
Read MoreAccording to Towers and Infrastructure Providers Association (TAIPA), only 16 out of the 37 states/union territories in India have so far aligned with the RoW Right of Way (RoW) rules, 2016, issued by the Department of...
Read MoreThe Tower and Infrastructure Providers Association (TAIPA) is disappointed that the Union Budget provided no relief measures for the debt-ridden telecom sector. As per TAIPA, the industry had been hoping for support from the...
Read MoreThe Dehradun Smart City Limited (DSCL) has collaborated with Indus Towers to install 70 ground-based telecom sites (smart towers) and 60 smart poles and lay 100-kilometre underground fibre network. The smart poles will be...
Read MoreThe Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the divestment of Reliance Jio’s telecom tower assets to Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP and other investors. The other investors include British Columbia Investment...
Read MoreITI Limited has said that it will launch its follow-on public offer (FPO) on January 24, 2020 and the issue will close on January 28, 2020. The company’s FPO is expected to generate Rs 16 billion. The price band for the...
Read MoreAs per industry sources, Gail (India) Limited, Power Grid Corporation of India and Oil India Limited are planning to file petitions seeking a review of the Supreme Court’s order that necessitates them to pay over Rs 3 trillion...
Read MoreEVI Technologies (EVIT) and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) have signed a pact to set up battery swapping and charging stations. Under the 10-year MoU, EVIT would install charging infrastructure at 5,000 locations of BSNL...
Read MoreSterlite Technologies Limited (STL) has received a contract from Telangana Fiber Grid Corporation Limited (T-Fiber) to create a high speed rural broadband network across the state. As part of this, T-Fiber and STL will work...
Read MoreAfter over two years of deliberations, Thiruvananthapuram city corporation has lowered the pole rent charged from telecom companies from Rs 5,000 to Rs 500. The move comes after a council meeting of the corporation held recently...
Read MoreReliance Industries will be divesting its telecoms arm, Jio’s telecom tower assets to Canada’s Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP for Rs 252.15 billion. To this end, Reliance Industrial Investments and Holdings...
Read MoreTech Mahindra Limited has secured its largest smart city project worth Rs 5 billion from Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), Asia’s richest municipal corporation. Through this project, Tech Mahindra will engage with...
Read MoreAs per minister of state for communications, Sanjay Dhotre, over 6,549 villages in Odisha do not have access to mobile phone services according to data collected by telecom service providers (TSPs) and the Department of...
Read MoreOppo is planning to open its second R&D centre in India. At present, Oppo has one R&D centre in Hyderabad and the second centre may be set up in Bengaluru. The company has recently announced plans to invest $7 billion in...
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